McCrae
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
McCrae is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Georgiana Huntly McCraeb. 1804AUEnglish/Australian diarist and painter (1804-1890)
- John McCraeb. 1872CACanadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I (1872-1918)
- James McCraeb. 1894GBScottish footballer and manager (1894-1974)
- David McCraeb. 1900GBScottish footballer (1900-1976)
- Alex McCraeb. 1920GBScottish footballer and manager (1920-2009)
- Gwen McCraeb. 1943USAmerican soul musician and singer (1943–2025)
- George McCraeb. 1944USAmerican musician
- Robert R. McCraeb. 1949USpersonality psychologist
- Romone McCraeb. 1990GBEnglish footballer (born 1990)
- Scooter McCraeUSAmerican director
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 187 | #35,030 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 44 | #35,030 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 21 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 18 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 10 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name McCrae mean, and where does it come from?
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does McCrae have the most bearers?
- McCrae is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about McCrae?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mccraeThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “McCrae”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.